BJS, The British Journal of Surgery

The October 2017 issue of the BJS includes several articles on the topic of pancreatic cancer.

Wendy Barnaby talks to Professor John Reynolds about national registries for oesophagogastric cancer and issues from the December 2016 issue of BJS.

Three authors discuss their articles on biofilm formation, vaccines and glucose levels from the special issue on surgical infections.

Three authors included in the special issue on surgery in the elderly (volume 103, issue 2), discuss the issues surrounding treatment and care of the older patient.

D. Scott-Coombes, President of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons, discusses the March 2015 issue of BJS (volume 102, issue 4), which contains a leading article, three invited reviews and an original article on the subject of endocrine surgery.

JM van Rij, JS Lindholt and JJ Earnshaw discuss the July 2015 issue of BJS (volume 102, issue 8), which contains a number of articles on abdominal aortic aneurysms.

BJS, Treatment of varicose veins and cost-effectiveness Julie Brittenden, Bruce Campbell and Dan Carradice discuss the various treatment options available for varicose veins, and their associated quality of life outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

Three authors discuss their articles published in the July 2014 (101:8) issue. Areas discussed include breast cancer treatment influenced by molecular subtype, the slow movement towards towards breast-conserving surgery after NACT, and next-generation sequencing.

Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

Drs Charles Mock, Barclay Stewart, Stefan Acosta and Kjetil Søreide discuss their articles published in this Special Issue. The development of emergency surgery as a surgical specialty in its own right is discussed along with the growing burden of global disease requiring emergency surgery.

Uttam Shiralkar Anna Pinto, Colin Bicknell discuss surgical complications and their implications for surgeons' well-being, What happens when things go wrong in the operating theatre? How do surgeons cope and how are they supported?.

Deep vein thrombosis: a Leading Article by Mr Gerry Stansby and an original article by Mr Bruce Braithwaite on the subject of venous thromboembolism are published in the July 2013 issue of BJS. In this podcast, they both discuss how vascular units would need to work differently to follow recent treatment guidelines from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).

Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

Gastrointestinal cancer

Dressings and wound management.

Mr Mike Silva and Mr Gavin Pettigrew discuss the problem of acute shortage of donor organs and the alternative use of organs from donors whose hearts have stopped beating.

Abdominal aortic aneuryms: Two articles on AAAs are discussed by Professor Janet Powell from Imperial College, London. Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, describes the work of the NHS AAA Screening Programme in England.

Colorectal: The April 2012 issue of BJS has a colorectal theme with several papers published on the subject. Professor Des Winter, BJS editor, picks out two of them to discuss in further detail with Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS.

Trauma: This podcast was recorded to accompany the publication of the BJS supplement dedicated to trauma.

Bariatrics 2: This podcast discusses the cost implications of bariatric surgery and the main complications that occur after surgery.